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Die Schöne Müllerin by Franz Schubert

Mark Padmore (tenor), Paul Lewis (piano)

National Concert Hall, Nov 22

It is said that more than anything else by the composer, Franz Schubert’s songs live or die with the talents of their performers. That was very much the case here in a captivating performance of one of his most famous lied creations, the 20-song Die Schöne Müllerin (The Fair Maid of the Mill) in the NCH’s ...